A few years ago he made his childhood dreams come true. After he built his own wooden house somewhere in beautiful Slovenian Alps, he started building his own sailing catamaran. He named it Ariki, which in Polynesian means a chieftain. Himself and his crew get enough opportunity to enjoy themselves.Continue reading ...

Wrote to Tiki 26 Constructor James Wharram

For years I had been longing for my own boat while sitting at the sea or in the docks. I had bought literature and magazines with a scent of sea, I went diving, fishing and sometimes I drove a boat. I even bought 2 plans but I never had the guts to start.

One day, in a magazine called YU NAVTIKA I read several articles about catamarans, I was the most inspired by Milos Delac’s article describing a DIY 8 meter catamaran (YU NAVTIKA, 1988, pg. 83). It was love at first sight.

Wrote to Tiki 26 Constructor James Wharram

I wrote to the constructor and he sent me a brochure. And after that I could not decide to build it for another long 15 years.